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**Specificity: 85 percent<ref name="pmid2704799">{{cite journal |vauthors=Luetmer PH, Stephens DH, Ward EM |title=Chronic pancreatitis: reassessment with current CT |journal=Radiology |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=353–7 |year=1989 |pmid=2704799 |doi=10.1148/radiology.171.2.2704799 |url=}}</ref> | **Specificity: 85 percent<ref name="pmid2704799">{{cite journal |vauthors=Luetmer PH, Stephens DH, Ward EM |title=Chronic pancreatitis: reassessment with current CT |journal=Radiology |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=353–7 |year=1989 |pmid=2704799 |doi=10.1148/radiology.171.2.2704799 |url=}}</ref> | ||
[[Image:CalcifiedPanDucStoneandSomefluid.png|500 px|thumb|center|By James Heilman, MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | [[Image:CalcifiedPanDucStoneandSomefluid.png|500 px|thumb|center|By James Heilman, MD (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
[[Image:Chronische Pankreatitis mit Verkalkungen - CT axial.jpg|500 px|thumb|center|By Hellerhoff - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20028787]] | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
CT
- Contrast enhanced CT scan may be helpful in ruling out other diseases with similar presentation such as malignancy and psudocysts.
- Ultrasound findings suggestive of chronic pancreatitis may include:
- Dilatation of the main pancreatic duct
- Calcifications
- Pancreatic gland enlargement
- Changes in pancreatic size, shape, and contour
- Pancreatic pseudocysts
- The sensitivity and specificity of CT scan are as follows: